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3-Ingredient Cocktails: An Opinionated Guide to the Most Enduring Drinks in the Cocktail Canon
Robert Simonson
4.12 AVERAGE
8 reviews for:
3-Ingredient Cocktails: An Opinionated Guide to the Most Enduring Drinks in the Cocktail Canon
Robert Simonson
4.12 AVERAGE
informative
fast-paced
OK, so I like reading cocktail books. Is that so bad a thing? Sure, I never get around to making most of them but they all have such interesting histories. And maybe, just maybe, some day I'll have a bar from which I can simply grab the ingredients and whip up everything in those books.
When that day comes this will be the first book I reach for. Mr. Simonson knows his stuff (as evidenced by his book The Old Fashioned, another enjoyable ready) and enjoys expounding on his knowledge.
And, boy howdy, the man is opinionated! In a good way. Look, I love my wife dearly. But her favorite mixed drink involves eight ingredients and takes an incredibly long time to whip up. Sure, I'll do it for her. But my favorite cocktails (notice the distinction?) have always involved a mere three ingredients. Thus I was immediately captivated by the title.
He starts with his definition of a cocktail: A spirit, a bitter, and a sweetening or souring agent. That's it. That's all you need. Anything else is not a cocktail. With these in hand he precedes to make an vast array of tasty concoctions for that 5:00 hour. Tho' he does add one more ingredient…
This man is opinionated! His discourse on the Martini alone probably bans him from many social circles. And don't get him started on the Old-Fashioned. (tho', truth to tell, he does seem to love it in almost all of it's incarnations. Just leave the fruit salad in a separate bowl)
And if three ingredients are too many for you then grab a copy of Ms. McCartney's Cocktails for Drinkers: Not-Even-Remotely-Artisanal, Three-Ingredient-or-Less Cocktails that Get to the Point. Because sometimes you just don't want to take the time to grab three things…
When that day comes this will be the first book I reach for. Mr. Simonson knows his stuff (as evidenced by his book The Old Fashioned, another enjoyable ready) and enjoys expounding on his knowledge.
And, boy howdy, the man is opinionated! In a good way. Look, I love my wife dearly. But her favorite mixed drink involves eight ingredients and takes an incredibly long time to whip up. Sure, I'll do it for her. But my favorite cocktails (notice the distinction?) have always involved a mere three ingredients. Thus I was immediately captivated by the title.
He starts with his definition of a cocktail: A spirit, a bitter, and a sweetening or souring agent. That's it. That's all you need. Anything else is not a cocktail. With these in hand he precedes to make an vast array of tasty concoctions for that 5:00 hour. Tho' he does add one more ingredient…
This man is opinionated! His discourse on the Martini alone probably bans him from many social circles. And don't get him started on the Old-Fashioned. (tho', truth to tell, he does seem to love it in almost all of it's incarnations. Just leave the fruit salad in a separate bowl)
And if three ingredients are too many for you then grab a copy of Ms. McCartney's Cocktails for Drinkers: Not-Even-Remotely-Artisanal, Three-Ingredient-or-Less Cocktails that Get to the Point. Because sometimes you just don't want to take the time to grab three things…
Nice photos and many recipes that are easy to make (if you have the right ingredients). A keeper for my bar cart.
informative
medium-paced
As a lover of 3 ingredient cocktails (in the interest of speed, simplicity, and not wanting to keep a ton of obscure ingredients around), I found the familiar recipes in the book to be spot-on, a few that I need to revisit, and a few new ones to try…first up…The Cosmonaut.
I rarely read nonfiction, and almost never read nonfiction books from cover to cover. I read every word of this book in one sitting. Classic drink recipes begging to be made are logically organized and presented with interesting stories and histories.
Not nearly as dry as you might think a book of cocktails would be. I have quite a few new drinks to try, now.